_Pink, of various shades_
1. Anne de Diesbach. One of the most fragrant, hardy, and altogether satisfactory of hybrid perpetual roses. Forms a large bush, covered with large deep carmine-pink flowers. Should be grown on own root.
2. Paul Neyron. Rose pink, of large size, handsome even when fully open. Fragrant and hardy.
3. Cabbage, or Rose The Provence rose of history and old of 100 Leaves. gardens, supposed to have been known to Pliny. Rich pink, full, fragrant, and hardy. Own roots.
4. Magna Charta. A fine fragrant pink rose of the hybrid China type. Not seen as often as it should be. Own roots.
5. Clio. A vigorous grower with flesh-coloured and pink-shaded blossoms.
6. Oakmont. Exquisite deep rose, fragrant, vigorous, and with a long blooming season.
_White_
7. Marchioness of Free, full, and fragrant. Immense Londonderry. cream-white flowers, carried on long stems. Very beautiful.
8. Madame Plantier A medium-sized, pure white rose, (Hybrid China). with creamy centre; flowers so profusely as to appear to be in cl.u.s.ters. Delicately fragrant, leaves deep green and remarkably free from blights. Perfectly hardy; forms so large a bush in time that it should be placed in the rose shrubbery rather than amid smaller species.
9. Margaret d.i.c.kson. A splendid, finely formed, fragrant white rose, with deep green foliage.
10. Coquette des Blanches. One of the very hardy white roses, an occasional pink streak tinting the outside petals. Cup-shaped and a profuse bloomer.
11. Coquette des Alps. A very hardy bush, coming into bloom rather later than the former and lasting well. Satisfactory.
_Red and Crimson_
12. General Jacqueminot. Bright velvety crimson. The established favourite of its colour and cla.s.s, though fashion has in some measure pushed it aside for newer varieties. May be grown to a large shrub. Fragrant and hardy. Best when in bud, as it opens rather flat.
13. Alfred Colomb. Bright crimson. Full, sweet. A vigorous grower and entirely satisfactory. If you can grow but one red rose, take this.
14. Fisher Holmes. A seedling of Jacqueminot, but of the darkest velvety crimson; fragrant, and blooms very early.
15. Marshal P. Wilder. Also a seedling of Jacqueminot.
Vigorous and of well-set foliage.
Full, large flowers of a bright cherry red. Very fragrant.
16. Marie Bauman. A crimson rose of delicious fragrance and lovely shape. This does best when budded on brier or Manette stock, and needs petting and a diet of liquid manure, but it will repay the trouble.
17. Jules Margottin. A fine, old-fashioned, rich red rose, fragrant, and while humble in its demands, well repays liberal feeding.
18. John Hopper. A splendid, early crimson rose, fragrant and easily cared for.
19. Prince Camille de Rohan. The peer of dark red roses, not large, but rich in fragrance and of deep colour.
20. Ulrich Brunner. One of the best out-of-door roses, hardy, carries its bright cerise flowers well, which are of good shape and substance; has few diseases.
_Moss Roses_
1. Blanch Moreau (Perpetual). A pure, rich white; the buds, which are heavily mossed, borne in cl.u.s.ters.
2. White Bath. The most familiar white moss rose, sometimes tinged with pink. Open flowers are attractive as well as buds.
3. Crested Moss. Rich pink, deeply mossed, each bud having a fringed crest; fragrant and full.
4. Gracilis. An exquisite moss rose of fairylike construction, the deep pink buds being wrapped and fringed with moss.
5. Common Moss. A hardy pink variety, good only in the bud.
The moss roses as a whole only bloom satisfactorily in June.
_Climbers_
1.
1. English Sweetbrier. Single pink flowers of the wild-rose type. Foliage of delicious fragrance, perfuming the garden after rain the season through.
_Penzance Hybrid Sweetbriers, Having Fragrant Foliage and Flowers of Many Beautiful Colours_
2. Amy Robsart. Pink.
3. Anne of Geierstein. Crimson.
4. Minna. White.
5. Rose Bradwardine. Deep rose.
2.
1. Climbing Jules Margottin. Rosy carmine, very fragrant and full, satisfactory for the pergola, but more so for a pillar, where in winter it can be protected from wind by branches or straw.
2. Baltimore Belle. The old-fashioned blush rose, with clean leaves and solid flowers of good shape. Blooms after other varieties are over. Trustworthy and satisfactory, though not fragrant in flower or leaf.
3. Gem of the Prairie. Red flowers of large size, but rather flat when open. A seedling from Queen of the Prairie, and though not as free as its parent, it has the desirable quality of fragrance.
4. Climbing Belle Siebrecht Fragrant, vigorous, and of (Hybrid Tea). the same deep pink as the standard variety. Grow on pillars.
5. Gloire de Dijon. Colour an indescribable blending of rose, buff, and yellow, deliciously fragrant, double to the heart of crumpled, crepelike petals. A tea rose and, as an outdoor climber, tender north of Washington, yet it can be grown on a pillar by covering as described on page 126.
_Hybrid Tea Roses_
1. La France. The fragrant silver-pink rose, with full, heavy flowers,--the combination of all a rose should be. In the open garden the sun changes its delicate colour quickly. Should be gathered in the bud at evening or, better yet, early morning. Very hardy if properly covered, and grows to a good-sized bush.
2. Kaiserin Augusta White, with a lemon tint in the Victoria. folds; the fragrance is peculiar to itself, faintly suggesting the Gardenia.
3. Gruss an Teplitz. One of the newer crimson roses, vigorous, with well-cupped flowers.
Good for decorative value in the garden, but not a rose of sentiment.
4. Killarney. One of the newer roses that has made good. Beautiful pointed buds of sh.e.l.l-pink, full and at the same time delicate. The foliage is very handsome. If well fed, will amply repay labour.
5. Souvenir de Malmaison. A Bourbon rose that should be treated like a hybrid tea. Sh.e.l.l-pink, fragrant flowers, that have much the same way of opening as Gloire de Dijon. A constant bloomer.
6. Clothilde Soupert. A polyantha or cl.u.s.ter rose of vigorous growth and glistening foliage, quite as hardy as the hybrid tea. It is of dwarf growth and suitable for edging beds of larger roses. The sh.e.l.l-pink flowers are of good form and very double; as they cl.u.s.ter very thickly on the ends of the stems, the buds should be thinned out, as they have an aggravating tendency to mildew before opening.
7. Souvenir de President A charming rose with shadows of all Carnot. the flesh tints, from white through blush to rose; st.u.r.dy and free.
8. Caroline Testout. Very large, round flowers, of a delicate sh.e.l.l-pink, flushed with salmon; st.u.r.dy.
_Teas_
1. Bon Silene. The old favourite, unsurpa.s.sed for fragrance as a b.u.t.ton-hole flower, or table decoration when blended with ferns or fragrant foliage plants.
Colour "Bon Silene," tints of shaded pink and carmine, all its own.
2. Papa Gontier. A rose as vigorous as the hybrid teas, and one that may be easily wintered. Pointed buds of deep rose shading to crimson and as fragrant as Bon Silene, of which it is a hybrid.
Flowers should be gathered in the bud.
3. Safrano. A true "tea" rose of characteristic shades of buff and yellow, with the tea fragrance in all its perfection.
Best in the bud. Vigorous and a fit companion for Papa Gontier and Bon Silene.
4. Perle des Jardins. An exquisite, fragrant double rose of light clear yellow, suggesting the Marechal Niel in form, but of paler colour. Difficult to winter out of doors, but worth the trouble of lifting to cold pit or light cellar, or the expense of renewing annually.
One of the lovable roses.
5. Bride. The clear white rose, sometimes with lemon shadings used for forcing; clean, handsome foliage and good fragrance.
Very satisfactory in my garden when old plants are used, as described.
6. Bridesmaid. The pink companion of the above with similar attributes.
7. Etoille de Lyon. A vigorous, deep yellow rose, full and sweet. Almost as hardy as a hybrid tea and very satisfactory.
8. Souvenir d"un Ami. A deliciously fragrant light pink rose, with salmon shadings. Very satisfactory and as hardy as some of the hybrid teas.
_Miscellaneous Roses for the Shrubbery_
1. Harrison"s Yellow. An Austrian brier rose with clear yellow semi-double flowers. Early and very hardy. Should be grown on its own roots, as it will then spread into a thicket and make the rosary a ma.s.s of shimmering gold in early June.
_Damask Roses_
Should be grown on own root, when they will form shrubs five feet high.
2. Madame Hardy. Pure white. Very fragrant, well-cupped flower, Time tried and st.u.r.dy.